Sean Hughes (born John Hughes; November 10, 1965 – October 16, 2017) was an English-born Irish stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He starred in his own television show Sean's Show and was one of the regular team captains on the BBC Two musical panel game Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Release Date1986-09-06
Charactersd Jimmy Shapleton
Episode Count1
Vote Count83
A reformed young man with a steady job, Benny, returns to the city of his youth to find the girl he's been in love with since childhood and that's home to his four petty criminal friends, Jacko, Zac, Bisto and Flea.
Release Date1998-10-09
Charactersd Fish
Vote Count2
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
Release Date1991-11-14
Charactersd Zack Mitchell
Episode Count1
Vote Count14
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Release Date2002-01-01
Charactersd Dan Madigan
Vote Count6
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
Release Date2003-02-07
Charactersd Mod Lewis
Episode Count17
Vote Count10
Two decades after they graduate, dark secrets, jealousies, and long-buried issues of resentment arise with a group of former classmates.
Release Date2005-05-29
Charactersd Mod
Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk in a locked room.
Release Date2004-02-13
Charactersd Mod Lewis
Vote Count1
The Rubbadubbers are fun-loving bath toys who spring to life when nobody's looking. When they're not splashing about in the bathroom, they imagine themselves in fantastical adventures where they live out their wishes… and their possible consequences.
Release Date2003-09-02
Charactersd Finbar
Episode Count52
Vote Count4
Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary.
Release Date2003-02-21
Charactersd Mod Lewis
Vote Count1
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
Release Date1998-02-20
Charactersd Psychiatrist #1
Vote Count120
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Release Date1991-08-14
Charactersd Dave from Eeijit Records
Vote Count579
A look at endangered species in the regions around the UK
Release Date2007-07-04
Charactersd Himself - Presenter
Episode Count1
Sean's Show was a United Kingdom television situation comedy broadcast on Channel 4. Stand-up comedian Sean Hughes co-wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware of the fact he was living in a sitcom. It received a nomination for the 1992 British Comedy Award for Best Channel 4 Sitcom.
Release Date1992-04-15
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Charactersd
Episode Count[ 14 ]
Vote Count3
Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternative place to stay. At first, they live in temporary housing, but the conditions are unbearable. Geraldine reacts quickly and the family decides to take up residence in Scottley's, the best department store in London. They must keep it a secret from doorman Brian (whom the girls call Mr. Whiskers), and a couple of bumbling thieves who want to rob the store safe of its jewels.
Release Date1999-12-24
Charactersd Elf
Vote Count6
On the same day a notorious crime kingpin Jimmy Vincent is released from prison, there is a daring armored car diamond heist of diamonds using his m.o.
Release Date2007-05-03
Charactersd Mod
A wry story of female friendship: Jean and Kate, two "nearing-thirty" street performers, find the ups and downs of life and love amid the pubs and music scene of modern day Dublin.
Release Date1996-11-13
Charactersd Martin
Vote Count4
With a history of depression, a bloodstream full of booze, and a high-pressure job in medical research, Henry Winton seems like an open-and-shut suicide case after his body turns up in the canal. But the more Davies looks at SwanMed, the less he likes--particularly when Winton's pretty young coworker goes missing.
Release Date2004-02-27
Charactersd Mod Lewis
The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.
Release Date2010-01-01
Charactersd Brendan
Vote Count9
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil Blitzen and his new-found partner-in-crime The White Rabbit. Robbie is having girl trouble too - Donner is feeling neglected and decides to give Robbie an ultimatum. Can Robbie save the day, keep his girl and unravel the mystery of the Legend of the Lost Tribe?
Release Date2002-12-13
Charactersd Tapir (voice)
Vote Count9
Robbie and Donner's wedding is interrupted when Donner is kidnapped by aliens. Robbie saves the day again though with the help of his friends and an alien crystal.
Release Date2007-12-25
Charactersd Tapir (voice)
Vote Count7
When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try to discover a link between the mans death and the horrific videotape.
Release Date2007-05-10
Charactersd Mod
Dangerous Davies investigates the death of Geoff Fallon, a stock car driver who was killed during a race at the local stadium when his car exploded due to a leaky fuel line. There seemed to be a considerable animosity with his brother, also a stock car driver, but it turns that Fallon was convicted of killing a child with his car some years previously and the dead child's older brother was working at the stadium on the night in question. When a second person is killed, Davies determines that the case is far more complex than originally thought. Meanwhile, all of the officers at the local station are under investigation when information is leaked to the press.
Release Date2005-06-19
Charactersd Mod
A disrespected but decent detective unravels a cold case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage.
Release Date2003-02-07
Charactersd Mod
The lead singer of a defunct 70s rock band is found murdered with a whisky bottle stuffed down his throat
Release Date2005-06-12
Charactersd Mod
A spate of computer thefts from government offices, a possible suicide under the wheels of a high-speed train, an absconded lifer on the loose, and a grisly trove of human bones in a garden all conspire to keep Davies on the job during a long Easter weekend.
Release Date2004-02-20
Charactersd Mod Lewis
Vote Count1
A decorated war hero with a history of domestic violence is found in a garbage pile shot in the head.
Release Date2005-06-05
Charactersd Mod
A condensation of 4 episodes and 3 shorts from Rubbadubbers (2003-2005) that lend the characters to hastily prepare for bathtime.
Release Date2004-02-23
Charactersd Various
Brought to the station after nicking some sweets, a waifish Eastern European girl refuses to give even her name. What starts out as a simple case of shoplifting turns into apparent murder, however, after Davies finds the girl's mother strangled. The trail leads to some surprising suspects from a video matchmaking service.
Release Date2004-03-05
Charactersd Mod Lewis
Early live stand up show from Sean Hughes.
Release Date1994-02-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count1
DC Davies investigates the murder of a limousine driver who is found in his limo, his neck was slashed with a broken bottle. The investigation focuses on his previous evening's customers but it appears the driver also had secrets. He'd been living in Uruguay until a few months before and apparently had undergone extensive plastic surgery. The case takes a decisive turn when the victim is identified as a former London cabbie who disappeared after a passenger left a case with 2 million pounds in his cab.
Release Date2007-05-24
Charactersd Mod
A man grows suspicious of his cycling enthusiast fiancée's mood swings and asks an eccentric private investigator to follow her. As he begins to tail her, the PI starts to suspect that she is the serial murderess responsible for the deaths of five hitchikers, and convinces the man too - but is the truth something much more ordinary that neither man can comprehend?
Release Date2003-01-01
Charactersd Matlock
A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running a life insurance scam.
Release Date2007-05-31
Charactersd Mod
Salesmen Alan, Ian, Tim, and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference. Alan joins the mile-high club with a model in the toilet but Tim is annoyed that he is two air miles short of joining the others in club class. On arrival in North Africa, they decide to charter a plane rather than face a fifteen-hour coach journey to the conference.
Release Date2000-01-04
Charactersd Pilot
The funny side of a veteran nightclub comedy team with a long list of females conquests is poisoned during a live performance.
Release Date2007-05-17
Charactersd Mod
TUBB THE PIRATE: Tubb wishes he were brave. If only he were a pirate! TERENCE OF ARABIA: Terence does not like being splashed! If only he were someplace dry like the desert! SPLOSHY OF THE ARCTIC: Cooling off in the bathroom on a hot day sounds great to everyone except Sploshy! SUPER AMELIA: Wishing for superpowers, Amelia finds herself training to be a superhero, competing against Fintastic Finbar! DEEP SEA REG: Reg wants to play underwater games with his friends.
Release Date2004-03-01
Charactersd Various
This film was created from 5 episodes from Rubbadubbers (2003-2005), condensed into a single film.
Release Date2005-08-30
Charactersd Various
Sean has been dealing with his father’s death in a way that only Sean can. Here is a comedy performance from Sean like you’ve never seen before. This hilarious yet poignant tale is a beautiful insight into the lighter side of dying and getting older, going to places that comedy rarely goes, highlighting how ridiculous life is and how quickly it can be taken away.
Release Date2014-01-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Himself
Sean Hughes returns to the stand-up stage with his first national UK tour in nearly a decade. The Right Side of Wrong marks a return to the comedy circuit for one of the most distinctive and darkly explosive exponents of the art of stand-up.
Release Date2007-11-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Himself
The 1995 stand up show from the Perrier prize winning comic Sean Hughes.
Release Date1995-01-01
Charactersd Himself
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Release Date1996-11-12
Charactersd Self- Team Captain
Episode Count92
Vote Count56
Highlights series presenting the best of 16 years of Never Mind the Buzzcocks pop history.
Release Date2013-06-03
Charactersd Self - Team Captain
Episode Count8
Vote Count2
Release Date1999-03-12
Charactersd Self - Team Captain
Episode Count1
Short documentary / tribute to the late, truly great American stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, included as an extra in several box sets. Bill Hicks passed away in 1994, taken tragically young aged only 32. His legend and reputation, however, continue to grow. "It's Just a Ride" is a celebration of his life and work, featuring numerous clips of Bill's many recorded stand-up performances, along with trbutes from Sean Hughes, Eric Bogosian, David Letterman and Eddie Izzard, amongst others.
Release Date1994-06-18
Charactersd Self
Vote Count11
Consisting of two parts: ‘Revelations’, Bill Hicks’ last live performance in the United Kingdom made at the Dominion Theatre; and a documentary about Hicks’ life ‘Just a Ride’ featuring interviews with friends, admirers, and family.
Release Date1998-11-23
Charactersd Self
Vote Count20
Compilation from the quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Release Date1998-11-02
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Competition reality series in which contestants must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their fears while outpacing the competition.
Release Date2001-06-11
Episode Count1
Vote Count65
At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.
Release Date2000-01-17
Episode Count4
Vote Count32
Sean takes us back to his Dublin upbringing and the, at times, utter awkwardness of teenage life - weaving in his family, his school days and the business of friendship and tying it all in to the present. It's brilliant and multi-layered and it really is up there with his Perrier award winning show 'A One Night Stand'
Release Date2014-09-17
